HEENAN, Denis
| Service Number: | 344 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Ararat, Ararat, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 13 June 1944, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ararat General Cemetery Plot: Roman Catholic Modern Section, Grave 3978 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 344, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 344, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 2 Jul 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 344, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 11, notes invalided returned to Australia (after return of the 5th QIB) aboard Australasian arriving Brisbane 25 Jun 1902, discharged 2 Jul 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Denis Heenan enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Thomas Heenan, Ararat, Victoria. In the original Nominal Roll of the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, it is noted his N.O.K. was his father Thomas Heenan, Ararat, Victoria.
Denis Heenan was born in 1876 at Tatyoon near Ararat, Victoria, a son to Thomas Heenan and Ellen Heenan (nee Fitzgerald).
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 50; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 6).